Harini Calamur's Writings
The column in today’s DNA The TV business, explained a very senior member of the fraternity over a decade ago, is like fire. It needs to be constantly fed with more – more shows, more content, and more money. And, the more…
My column in today’s DNA On a slow news day, a girl in Guwahati got molested by a gang of men, who saw nothing wrong in groping, pinching, punching, stripping, feeling up and mauling the victim. In fact, they seemed to…
My column in today’s DNA Psychiatry identifies a condition called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), popularly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, in which two or more distinct identities or personalities compete with each other to take charge of the patient’s behaviour. If…
My column in today’s DNA Dwight Eishenower, the former American President, was asked about his Vice President’s (Richard Nixon’s) contribution to the Presidency. His response was “If you give me a week, I might think of one.” This is the quote that…
My column in Monday’s DNA Have you ever been woken up by a ringing bell when you are deep in slumber? Have you experienced a dry mouth, pounding heartbeat, disorientation and confusion? Or felt a kind of inexplicable fear? It happens when…
My column in today’s DNA: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to have heard it fall, does it make a sound?’ is an old philosophical question on which there has been much heated argument over the…
My column in today’s DNA The events unfolding in Delhi are fascinating. Battered by scam after scam, with some of its ministers in jail, a punch drunk UPA 2 looks like a shadow of a government. Its other ministers and spokespersons have…
if 120 mllion girls have disappeared – euphemism for murder – and 7 to 10 people are involved – 2 parents, doctors, lab techs, nursers, other members of the family — How many murderers does India have ? My column in today’s…
My column in today’s DNA There are 545 Members of the current Lok Sabha and 245 members of the Rajya Sabha – 790 Members of Parliament in all. The Lok Sabha is the assembly of the people – where Peoples’ representatives…
My column in today’s DNA – on “the IIT’s and IIM’s are truly worldclass ?” At the very start, we can start by admitting that Jairam Ramesh, himself an IIT alumnus, is partly right. The IIT-JEE exams are held every year and…